Yanis Varoufakis on the Coronacrisis
Yanis Varoufakis had a front row seat for the EU’s last existential crisis. Now that Europe is struck with coronavirus, are its leaders making the same mistakes all over again.
Tag: covid19
Why They Always Lyin’?
There’s another epidemic raging in the UK, concentrated in the highest echelons of government. It’s called lie-abetes.
Counting the Cost of COVID-19
Do official statistics show the true death count and economic cost of COVID-19? Plus Rebecca Long-Bailey’s communications boss Matt Zarb-Cousin joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani to discuss how the left lost the Labour leadership race.
We Were Warned
Italy gave the British government warning of the catastrophic consequences of COVID-19. So why have we entered this crisis so woefully underprepared? With Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
The Great(er) Recession
How much of our economy will survive the COVID-19 recession? What will come next? Plus, the government’s testing fiasco, with Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and James Meadway.
Is There a Plan?!
As the COVID-19 crisis intensifies it increasingly seems like the government don’t have a plan. Is progress actually being made with testing and protective equipment?
Crash and Crisis Politics
James Butler is joined by James Meadway to discuss the brewing economic crisis.
Housing and Eviction Law
For a Novara Media Special Broadcast, James Butler is joined by David Renton for an explainer on housing law, the eviction process and tenants’ rights – and what might happen during the coronavirus period.
Opinion: Without Bailouts Most Airlines Will Be Bankrupt by the End of May
Between the pressures of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the perils of climate change, the very nature of commercial aviation may be transformed in the coming years, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Coronavirus Will Require Us to Completely Reshape the Economy
This crisis will require more than money to resolve; it will require the restructuring of our economy. This will be done either to the benefit of people and the planet, or it will not be, writes James Meadway.
Left Populism, Coronavirus and Crisis
James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss left populism, Italian politics, and the nature of the crisis over the pandemic in Italy, Europe and beyond.